CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
REVENUES
Room	$ 168,127	$ 132,623
Food and beverage	59,911	49,628
Other operating	15,445	12,670
Total revenues	243,483	194,921
OPERATING EXPENSES
Room	48,919	37,454
Food and beverage	42,908	35,096
Other operating	4,995	4,242
Advertising and promotion	12,971	11,265
Repairs and maintenance	10,881	8,374
Utilities	8,289	6,183
Franchise costs	8,077	6,478
Property tax, ground lease and insurance	19,052	18,468
Property general and administrative	28,922	23,606
Corporate overhead	6,559	6,171
Depreciation and amortization	37,615	34,016
Total operating expenses	229,188	191,353
Operating income	14,295	3,568
Interest and other income	716	563
Interest expense	(18,283)	(17,414)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(44)
Loss before income taxes and discontinued operations	(3,272)	(13,327)
Income tax provision	(224)	(6,157)
Loss from continuing operations	(3,496)	(19,484)
Income from discontinued operations		48,410
NET INCOME (LOSS)	(3,496)	28,926
Income from consolidated joint venture attributable to non-controlling interest	(2,226)	(297)
Distributions to non-controlling interest	(8)	(8)
Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation	(100)
Preferred stock dividends and redemption charges	(2,300)	(10,903)
Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation		(218)
INCOME AVAILABLE (LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE) TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	(8,130)	17,500
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE) TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ (8,130)	$ 17,500
Basic and diluted per share amounts:
loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.20)
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.32
Basic and diluted income available to common stockholders per common share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.12
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	181,061	151,076
Dividend declared per common share	$ 0.05